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Ordinary Monsters

New · Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro

2022 · 672 pages · Fiction

17 New ★ 3.77 on Goodreads · 24K ratings

≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (fantasy) finalist (2022). 3.77★ from 24K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

17Must-Read Score

Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
Readers16 out of 100 · counts 50%+8
Buzz26 out of 100 · counts 15%+5

Where it ranks

#155 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
#254 of the 256 historical novels we rank
#702 of the 730 new books we rank
#1316 of the 1,344 books we rank

Shortlisted

Goodreads Choice (fantasy) finalist (2022)

Reads as

Dark, Epic, Adventurous

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